Newport, 1929. Charlie Travers is the state’s leading prohibition rumrunner, bringing more than $500,000 of hooch, booze and liquor on each trip; $5 million in today’s money. A Robin Hood-type hero to the locals, Travers and his crew defied the odds and ran a pulsing enterprise across southern New England in the early part of […]
Open Acoustic Java: 204 South Main St, PVD. acousticjava.com/providence-microcinema. A new microcinema where Cable Car used to be. They show one movie a day typically, usually foreign or independent films. Another little slice of Brookylites in the Renaissance City. See story page XX. Closed All That Matters Yoga (PVD Location): 128 North Main St, PVD. The […]
Back in 2002 when I stopped drinking alcohol, I drank my corner package store dry of non-alcoholic beers. Now, 17 years later, still sober and bored with near beer, I bring you a PVD mocktail experience for those who bring the party clean, are the designated driver for your crew, or those who may be […]
Announcing Motif‘s boozy new web series, PourChoices! Join hosts Rob Smith and Brad Lash as they sample the best of the state’s beer, wine and liquor … bellies deep at the bar of your favorite breweries, wineries and distilleries. Find out what’s new, what’s good (and bad), plus all the grittiest secrets of the local […]
In a remarkable quest that began in 2009, Jennifer Jolicoeur and Athena’s Home Novelties have not only raised thousands of dollars in the fight against breast cancer, but through Athena’s Cup, are set to break a Guinness World Record while they were at it! Their goal, which they achieved, was to collect 200,000 bras […]
The Awful Tower Despite the protests of Phillipe and Jorge, the atrocious design of the Hope Point Tower has been approved by the I-95 Redevelopment Commission. This monstrosity that will be sited downtown next to the Providence River, on land that was supposed to preserved as a park, has been described by the developers as La […]
13th World: 4097 Diamond Hill Rd, Cumberland. 13thworld.com Fri – Sun nights in Oct Factory of Terror: 3 Bridal Ave, West Warwick and 120 Pearl St, Fall River, MA. Fri – Sun, Oct 4 – 27 and Oct 31 Field of Screams: 179 Plain Meeting House Rd, West Greenwich. hauntedhayride.net Fri & Sat, Oct 4 […]
Media personalities of all stripes are subject to an interactive relationship with the general public, be it positive, negative or neutral. But for female-presenting television reporters, the experience can be especially trying, as NBC10’s Lindsay Iadeluca described during a recent interview. Our wide-ranging conversation pivoted into a discussion about the particular challenges that female-presenting news […]
So you’re cutting down on your drinking and have a bunch of bottles going to waste. Don’t pour it down the drain! We have a few suggestions for what to do with that bottle of giggle juice gathering dust in the corner. Clean your room!: Alcohol makes a surprisingly good cleaning product. It can remove […]
“He was shaking so bad I thought he was going to pass out,” she said laughing, while he nodded his head with a good-natured smile. “I was thinking, Oh no, this is not the man for me. Look how nervous he is. I will destroy this man.” I ask him what happened next. “Well,” he said, […]